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A plywood-lined corridor at Casa Iriarte draws the eye towards a light-filled living area, where a buttoned leather armchair and footstool sit on a Persian rug. Sliding glazing opens to a courtyard with metal café furniture, and a yellow-framed element edges the view.

Casa Iriarte by SOCO Estudio Reworks a Narrow Las Palmas Plot Into an Adaptable Concrete Home

Textured terracotta brick walls frame a timber portico entrance, where hand-painted fish motifs decorate the pivoting wooden doors. A fishbone-patterned timber screen shades the upper storey, while a green mosaic-tiled plinth displaying a drum-inspired ornament and lush planting soften the threshold as a staff member steps inside.

Laku Beach Club: Studio Locomotive's Riviera-Inflected Retreat on Phuket's Coconut Island

The open-plan kitchen and living space at Skylark, where a chestnut-timber beamed ceiling meets pale brick and polished concrete floors. A dark veined marble island with tan leather stools anchors the room, while floor-to-ceiling glazing and a tan leather armchair draw the wooded garden into the warm, mid-century-inflected interior.

Skylark by House Of EM: A Confident Architectural Debut Rooted in Materiality and Landscape

From above, the playground’s circular platforms, spiral stairs and red mesh railings form a playful topography among dense olive canopies. The bright yellow flooring threads through the existing trees, emphasising ZAV Architects’ adaptive reuse strategy of building with, rather than over, the landscape.

ZAV Architects Transform an Olive Orchard into a Whimsical Playground in Iran

The attic office at iolair, where a built-in plywood desk runs beneath the steeply pitched white ceiling. A raking skylight and a circular window frame a tree canopy, while a sheepskin-draped chair, a small mushroom lamp and a ribbed wall light fixed to an exposed Douglas fir post warm the spare, light-filled room.

iolair: A GO′C-Designed Artist Residency Takes Root in Orcas Island’s Creative Community

The ROKU suite’s bolder language comes into focus through grey plaster walls, exposed brick, terracotta flooring and a sinuous bamboo-slat structure overhead. Custom stools, a black dining table and a built-in sculptural seat create a richly textured interior where craft and spatial drama are closely intertwined.

Studio LOHO Turns a Listed Factory in Bruges into Jonojé, a Six-Suite B&B and Living Showroom

The kitchen at PDLL70 in Madrid by Studio Plutarco, anchored by a polygonal terrazzo island with red lacquered stools and a blue-grey ceiling. Tubular blown-glass pendants hang above white tiling with red grouting, cherry cabinetry and a passage to one side glowing red.

PDLL70: Studio Plutarco Reimagines a 1934 Madrid Villa as a Manifesto for Colour and Form

The Obama Presidential Center: A New Civic Landmark in Chicago

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